Senior Solution Architect

Job Description

Senior Solution Architect

City and County of San Francisco, California

Job Summary

Role: Day Zero Lead - Generic QE

Experience: Senior Manager to Director (~14-20 Years)

Profile: Senior, industry-agnostic Day Zero QE lead for engagement mobilization and account stabilization

Role Summary

Looking for a senior QE professional, in the Senior Manager to Director range, to take on a Day Zero role: ensuring new engagements start green right after an RFP win, and stepping into existing accounts in the geography that are facing delivery issues. This is a generic QE profile - not tied to a specific industry - with deep experience setting up testing centers, leading large QA programs, and managing global testing delivery, along with current awareness of AI/ML and agentic AI developments in QE.

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure every new engagement (post-RFP win) mobilizes to a green start - test strategy, staffing, tooling, and governance defined from day one
• Step into existing accounts in the geography facing delivery issues and drive stabilization/turnaround
• Set up and run testing centers/QA CoEs for large accounts - operating model, staffing pyramid, tooling, and governance
• Lead large-scale QA programs end-to-end across functional, automation, performance, and test data workstreams
• Manage global testing delivery - distributed teams, multiple time zones, and multi-vendor/onshore-offshore models
• Introduce and scale the latest QE tooling, including AI/ML-based testing and agentic AI accelerators, into engagement setup and recovery plans
• Engage directly with senior client stakeholders during kick-off and account recovery situations

Skill Requirements

Primary Skills (Must Have)

• Strong end-to-end test lifecycle expertise - strategy, functional, automation, performance, test data, DevOps integration
• Proven experience setting up and running testing centers/QA CoEs for large accounts
• Track record leading large QA programs and managing global testing delivery
• Significant customer-facing/onsite experience across the career (not mandatory going forward, but a strong track record)
• Working knowledge of the latest AI/ML and agentic AI developments as applied to QE
• Strong stakeholder management and executive-ready communication

Secondary Skills

• Experience with delivery governance, SLAs/KPIs, and account health metrics
• Multi-industry, multi-geography delivery exposure
• Experience partnering with sales/practice teams on post-win mobilization

Other Requirements

Nice to Have

• Exposure to proposal solutioning or presales handoff
• Certifications in test management, automation, or AI/GenAI tooling
• Track record of publishing internal playbooks or best practices

Maximum Salary (US): 240000

Minimum Salary (US): 164000

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Information at a Glance

Why HCLTech?

At HCLTech, youll supercharge your potential. Youll find your career. And youll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 223,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026 totaled $14.8 billion.

Compensation and Benefits

A candidate's pay within the range will depend on their skills, experience, education, and other factors permitted by law. This role may also be eligible for performance-based bonuses subject to company policies. In addition, this role is eligible for the following benefits subject to company policies: medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, life, accidental death & dismemberment, and disability insurance; employee assistance program; 401(k) retirement plan; 10 days of paid time off per year (some positions are eligible for need-based leave with no designated number of leave days per year); and 10 paid holidays per year.